3 Dead at Home Daycare in Minneapolis

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HOPKINS, Minn. (AP) — A man killed his partner and child at a home daycare they own in Minnesota before taking his life, police said Wednesday.

All six other kids who were at the home have been reunited with their parents, and none were injured, according to authorities in Hopkins, a suburb of Minneapolis.

Hopkins Police Chief Brent Johnson said another parent called police after witnessing the attack while bringing a child to Brown Bear Childcare.

“There’s no worse scenario than this, where you drop off your child somewhere you think is safe, and you get that phone call,” Johnson said at a news conference.

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About Me:
I come from a small town in rural South Dakota. I realized early on that I loved working with children. It is a truly rewarding experience to watch them learn and grow. I started babysitting when I was 10 years old, which progressed to a regular, every other weekend position that I held until I was 14. I was also able to work in my mother's family child care center when I turned 12. No matter what other jobs I held, I always wound up back working with kids. I have been a lead teacher in infant and toddler rooms in large centers. I had my own home daycare back in South Dakota, where I began taking classes for my CDA (Child Development Associate). I was also a nanny for several years.
In 2010 I graduated from the University of Minnesota- Twin Cities with a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education Foundations. I also attained a minor in Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences which focused on how children learn and develop. The last four years before starting Brown Bear, I was working as a Certified Optometric Vision Therapist. This profession allowed me to work with people of all ages infant to senior. In addition to improving vision, this position allowed me to work with reading and learning skills, memory, gross motor, hand-eye coordination, and primitive reflexes. I find it very intriguing how working with the whole child or adult makes the greatest difference in learning, memory, and quality of life.
In October 2018, I had my own child. As much as I loved my previous positions, I believe that it is time to return to child care so that I can be home with her. I plan to take all the skills that I have learned in my journey and use them help my daughter and those children (who will hopefully become life-long friends) blossom into happy, intelligent, caring individuals.

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runs a lot of home daycare centers and is known to be stabby.

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Brown Bear Daycare?

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